Golden Swallow (金燕子) 36 years old

Golden Swallow

A poor scholar named Lo Chih-Chiu, played by Anthony Wong Yiu-Ming, rescues a swallow from three mischievous boys, and frees the bird afterward. The bird then magically takes the form of a beautiful lady named Hsiao-Hseuh, played by Cherie Chung, who falls in love with the scholar because he had saved her life. She returns the deed by rescuing him from a ruthless band of warlords. She and her sister, Hsiao-Shang, are both originally swallows, but can change into human forms due to witchcraft and wizardry. Hsiao-Hseuh later confronts Chih-Chiu, and later reveals she is a servant of an evil witch queen, who feeds on human blood. When the witch discovers their friendship and bond, she was on the verge of destroying him, but Hsiao-Hseuh pleads for his life in exchange for their separation. After being back in the custody of the witch queen, Hsiao-Hseuh sneaks out and reunites with Chih-Chiu, but posing as a different person to hide her identity.

Credits

Golden Swallow Cast

Name Character
Richard Ng He was 47, now 84 years old as Right Sword
Eric Tsang He was 33, now 71 years old as Left Sword
Natalis Chan He was 36, now 73 years old as Boatman
Cherie Chung She was 26, now 64 years old as Siu Suet
Norman Chu He was 31, now 68 years old as Fung King Tin
Fung Ging-Man as Pimp
Ivy Ling Po She was 48, now 85 years old as Old Lady
Lam Fai-Wong as Bandit
Anthony Wong Yiu-ming He was 24, now 61 years old as Scholar Lo Chi Chau
Yuen Bun He was 33, now 70 years old as Demon boatman

Golden Swallow Crew

Name Department
Arthur Wong as Director of Photography. He was 13 (now 24) years old Camera
O Sing-Pui as Director. Directing
Kenneth Yee as Art Direction. Art
Golden Swallow poster
Golden Swallow (36 years)

  • Release day: Wednesday, December 16, 1987
  • Runtime: 93 minutes